I was recently on the Ayahuasca Avatars podcast discussing best practices for integrating ayahuasca ceremony experiences.

A new meta-study that examined 97 previous research studies on the effects of exercise on mental health, found that exercise was effective at reducing symptoms of depression and anxiety across a variety of mental health conditions.

I was recently interviewed on the Plants Saved My Life podcast, where I talked about the therapeutic benefits of psychedelic plant medicines and how I integrate the lessons from plant medicines into my therapy practice.

Integrating an experience with ayahuasca starts way before the ceremony itself. It starts when you first decide you want to work with ayahuasca. The motivation that leads you to make that decision is the first step of integration. Some people may even feel that they have started to connect with the medicine as soon as they make that decision. It’s as if ayahuasca is already starting to work or communicate with them. This can happen in dreams, in meditations or on every day life.

I was recently interviewed on the New Paradigm Healing where I answered questions about ayahuasca healing practices and it’s relationship to psychotherapy.

I was recently interviewed on the Serenity Brault Podcast where I answered questions about ayahuasca healing practices.

I was recently on the Inside Out Health podcast where I was interviewed on plant medicine practices and psychedelic integration.

During the final panel with all the speakers at the Queering Psychedelics conference held in June of this year, a participant asked why we use the term medicine to refer to the substances (i.e. plant medicine) and not to the practices associated with their use.

I think it’s an excellent question and one worth exploring because it says a lot about the differences between the approach being taken in the current “psychedelic renaissance” and traditional plant medicine work.

Self care has become a hot mainstream topic, probably because of the skyrocketing levels of depression, addiction, obesity and other lifestyle-related problems.

Because of the commercial nature of American culture, a lot of ideas around self-care are being co-opted and packaged as products/services to be purchased and consumed. But the reality is that the most fundamental and essential aspects of self-care cost nothing.